Resume

Achievements

• Placed 1st in DEFCON 30’s AppSecVillage CTF
• Published 1 CVE (CVE-2022-4271)
• Member of US Cyber Team to represent the United States in ICC 2023
• Individually placed 2nd in Utah-wide SAINTCON Hacker’s Challenge 2022
• Individually placed 5th/6675 students in NCL Individual CTF in Fall 2022
• Placed 7th/3926 student teams in NCL Team CTF in Fall 2022
• Placed 1st in 4 cyber competitions
• Placed 2nd in 6 cyber competitions
• Placed 3rd in 3 cyber competitions
• Hosted 5 CTF competitions
• Participated in over 60 CTFs since 2020

Education

• Brigham Young University, Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering (April 2024)
  • Bachelor in Cybersecurity (GPA of 3.77)
  • Academic, Full-Tuition Scholarship
  • Department of Defense SMART Scholar

Certifications

• CompTIA Security+ SY-601
• CompTIA Pentest+ PT0-002
• eLearnSecurity eJPTv1 (Credential ID 3886217)

Experience

• Security Engineer and Engineering Team Lead, BYU Life Sciences IT (Aug 2021 – Present)

  • Designed, implemented, and containerized secure infrastructure of the largest college on campus
  • Resolved dozens of security threats and incidents across 1000+ servers, labs, and work computers
  • Led a team of 4 student engineers in brainstorming, planning, and accomplishing 40+ projects
  • Documented the processes of creating and maintaining 25+ different projects and services

• Officer, BYU Cybersecurity Student Association (Apr 2021 – Present)

  • Led BYU’s competitive penetration team in weekly training meetings and competitions
  • Created and taught a dozen lessons focused on teaching beginners foundational CTF skills
  • Taught monthly interactive lessons to BYU students about offensive security and penetration testing

Skills & Tools

• General - Linux, Windows, TCP/IP Networking, Virtualization/Docker/Kubernetes
• Programming/Scripting - Python, PHP, SQL, JavaScript, Bash, C, Assembly
• Website/Network exploitation - Burp Suite, Python requests, Nmap, enum4linux
• Penetration testing - Metasploit, Dradis, John the Ripper, Hashcat, Hydra
• Reverse Engineering/Pwn - Ghidra, GDB, x64dbg, Python pwntools, Ropper
• Digital Forensics - Wireshark, Autopsy, Volatility, FTK Imager
• IT Management - Active Directory/Group Policy, WSUS, Ansible, Adlumin SIEM